Spring 2008
Posted May 19, 2008
April 2008 - Cities in Crisis: A Special Analytic Report on High School Graduation - Minneapolis ranked 45th out of the Nation's 50 Largest Cities; 17 percent graduation rate gap between urban core and surrounding suburbs, America’s Promise Alliance/EPE Research Center.
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Posted May 6, 2008
November 2007 - Chance Favors the Prepared Mind: Mathematics and Science Indicators for Comparing States and Nations - Minnesota Ranked 7th in the world in Mathematics; 12th in Science, American Institutes for Research.
NAEP Linked to TIMSS: State-by-nation indicators:
Mathematics (2007 grade 8 NAEP and 2003 grade 8 TIMSS)
- Singapore 73
- Hong Kong, SAR 66
- Korea, Rep. 65
- Chinese Taipei 61
- Japan 57
- Massachusetts 51
- Minnesota 43
- North Dakota 41
- Vermont 41
- South Dakota 39
- Montana 38
- New Hampshire 38
- Wyoming 36
- United States 26
Science (2005 grade 8 NAEP and 2003 grade 8 TIMSS)
- Singapore 55
- Chinese Taipei 52
- Korea, Rep. 45
- Hong Kong, SAR 44
- North Dakota 43
- Japan 42
- Montana 42
- Estonia 41
- Massachusetts 41
- South Dakota 41
- Vermont 41
- Minnesota 39
- New Hampshire 38
- Wyoming 37
- United States 31
Note: Includes only states that scored higher than Minnesota on one or the other of the NAEP math or science tests.
at http://www.stpaulneat.org/TIMSS.html
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